Frank Lampard can call upon plenty of stories to inspire Coventry City’s players ahead of their day of destiny at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday.
As the Sky Blues’ manager looks to instil the necessary spirit to overturn a single-goal deficit, he could trawl the memory of over 1,000 involvements at an elite level of English and international football. In fact, he could probably find motivation in make-believe if he wanted – via the series of children’s books he wrote as he neared the end of his playing days at Chelsea.
